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Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.

George Washington

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The reflection upon my situation and that of this army produces many an uneasy hour when all around me are wrapped in sleep. Few people know the predicament we are in.
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Hour People Produce Refection Situation Sleep War
If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
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Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the attachment.
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Attachment Confirm Heart Liberty Love Myself Necessary
The turning points of lives are not the great moments. The real crises are often concealed in occurrences so trivial in appearance that they pass unobserved.
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I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own.
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Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion
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Earn Injurious Occasion Speak
We must consult our means rather than our wishes.
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A man ought not to value himself of his achievements or rare qualities of wit, much less of his riches, virtue or kindred.
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Few men are capable of making a continual sacrifice of all views of private interest, or advantage, to the common good.
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Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Guard One Liner Patriotism Posture
I had hoped that liberal and enlightened thought would have reconciled the Christians so that their religious fights would not endanger the peace of Society.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Enlight Fight Hope Liberty Peace Religion Society
Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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Abuse Liberty Power Ruin
No punishment, in my opinion, is to great, for the man who can build his greatness upon his country’s ruin.
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Those who have committed no faults want no pardon. We are only defending what we deem our indisputable rights.
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